Brown County Sheriff's Office dispels rumors

According to the Brown County Sheriff’s Office, rumors of an active search by helicopter in a nearby area for Andrew Joseph Dikken, a person of interest sought in a Granite Falls homicide, are false.

According to the Brown County Sheriff’s Office, rumors of an active search by helicopter in a nearby area for Andrew Joseph Dikken, a person of interest sought in a Granite Falls homicide, are false.

On Monday, Sept. 9, the Brown County Sheriff’s Office contacted the Yellow Medicine County Sheriff’s Office, the Minnesota Bureau of Investigation and the Nicollet County Sheriff’s Office to either confirm or deny an active search by helicopter was being held between New Ulm and Courtland for Dikken.

The Sheriff’s Office later released a statement saying those reports are false and the rumors are believed to have spread via Facebook.